Opinion Dynamics and the Evolution of Social Power in Social Networks

• Main Author: Ye, Mengbin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Control engineering.; Mass media.; Communication.; Computational complexity.; Graph theory.; Control and Systems Theory.; Media Sociology.; Complexity.; Graph Theory.

This book uses rigorous mathematical analysis to advance opinion dynamics models for social networks in three major directions. First, a novel model is proposed to capture how a discrepancy between an individual's private and expressed opinions can develop due to social pressures that arise in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Preliminaries
• A Novel Model for Opinion Dynamics Under Pressure to Conform
• The EPO Model's Connections with Social Psychology Concepts
• Evolution of Social Power in Networks with Constant Topology
• Dynamic Social Networks: Exponential Forgetting of Perceived Social Power
• Modification of Social Dominance in Autocratic Networks
• Nonlinear Mapping Convergence and Application to Social Power Analysis
• Continuous-Time Opinion Dynamics with Interdependent Topics
• Conclusions and Future Work.